Forsten's tortoise

Forsten's tortoise
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Testudinidae
Genus: Indotestudo
Species:
I. forstenii
Binomial name
Indotestudo forstenii
(Schlegel & S. Müller, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Testudo forstenii
    Schlegel & S. Müller, 1845
  • Peltastes forstenii
    — Gray, 1872
  • Testudo forsteni
    E. Williams, 1952
    (ex errore)
  • Geochelone forsteni
    — Pritchard, 1967
  • Geochelone forstenii
    — Honegger, 1980
  • Indotestudo forstenii
    — Bour, 1980
  • Indotestudo forsteni
    — Groombridge, 1982
  • Indotestudo elongata forsteni
    — Obst, 1985
  • Geochelone elongata forsteni
    — Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993
  • Indotestudo foresternii
    Choudhury & Bhupathy, 1993
    (ex errore)

Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii), also known commonly as the Sulawesi tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.

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